Re: [OT] Can some explain why computers die?

["Alan Middleton" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It generally doesn't cause any problems unless you need some kind of
special
> settings in the BIOS.

It's worth checking (and changing) the hard disk settings if the cmos
battery has gone flat. SATA drives for example have normally have a
performance and computability mode. Performance mode is the default but
requires the correct drivers to be loaded in windows to work.



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Sent: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:46:26 +0100
From: Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Can some explain why computers die?

> The little lithium button battery keeps the time going and holds the
BIOS
> settings in CMOS memory.
> It generally doesn't cause any problems unless you need some kind of
special
> settings in the BIOS.
>
> The time drifting is annoying though. The are available from Maplin
too -
> make sure you get the right size - usually CR2032.
> And before you ask, no I don't work for Mapin...
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Ho Yin Ng
<architect.hoyin@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >   Good call. I'll try that.
> >
> > Also is there a battery I need to change on the motherboard if
the clock
> > on my computer is always wrong?
>
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